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oagaspar wrote:once again Simon close but no cigar :D...the 3133 was the Russians variation of the Val.7734 but did not use that ebauche...their chronos more resemble the Seagull st-19 movements of Japan...
I dunno...my understanding is that the Poljot 3133 is a direct descendant of the Valjoux 7734, the tooling for which Poljot bought from Valjoux in the mid-1970s or so. I thought the Chinese Seagull ST19 was made from the Swiss tooling of the Venus 175, or at least 'cloned' from the Venus, which seems to have geometry a bit different from the Valjoux/Poljot.
Here are the "players:"
Valjoux 7734:
Poljot 3133:
Seagull ST19:
Venus 175:
And another ST19 (from my 1963 Chinese Air Force Reissue):
I'm far from an expert on the matter, but the history I picked up as a Poljot dealer never mentioned the Seagull or Venus.
BTW, my ST19 runs really sweet!
Tom,
The Chinese Made Seagull ST-19 is a direct descendant of the Venus 175.
After doing further research with Watch Time Magazine RE: Contemporary Chronographs 2003. It does state that the Poljot 3133 is made from the
Valjoux 7734.
Thanks Tom for your photos.